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Mechanism by Which a Sustained Inflation Can Worsen Oxygenation in Acute Lung Injury

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2004

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Guido Musch, R. Scott Harris, Marcos F. Vidal Melo, Kevin O’Neill, J. Dominick H. Layfield, Tilo Winkler, José G. Venegas
Anesthesiology

Abstract

When a sustained inflation does not restore aeration to atelectatic regions, it can worsen oxygenation by increasing the fraction of pulmonary blood flow that is shunted in nonaerated regions.